Absolute Watchmen #[nn] (2005) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Absolute Watchmen (DC, 2005 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: [December] 2005
Key date: 2005-12-00
On-sale date: 2005-10-05
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $75.00; 92.00 CAD
Pages: 472
Barcode: 978140120713757500
ISBN: 978-1-4012-0713-7; 1-4012-0713-8

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Why this issue matters

On the record: Eisner Award - Absolute Watchmen (2006).

On the record: Harvey Award - Special Award for Excellence in Production (2006).

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits
0	Watchmen	cover	1
1	Chapter I	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
2	At Midnight, All the Agents...	comic story	26	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins; letters: Dave Gibbons
3	Under the Hood I-II	text story	6	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
4	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
5	Chapter II	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
6	Absent Friends	comic story	28	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins; letters: Dave Gibbons
7	Under the Hood III-IV	text story	4	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
8	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
9	Chapter III	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
10	The Judge of All the Earth	comic story	28	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins; letters: Dave Gibbons
11	Under the Hood V	text story	4	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
12	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
13	Chapter IV	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
14	Watchmaker	comic story	28	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins; letters: Dave Gibbons
15	Dr. Manhattan: Super-Powers and the Super-Powers	text story	4	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
16	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
17	Chapter V	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
18	Fearful Symmetry	comic story	28	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins; letters: Dave Gibbons
19	Treasury Island Treasury of Comics, Chapter 5: A Man on Fifteen Dead Men's Chests	text story	4	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
20	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
21	Chapter VI	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
22	The Abyss Gazes Also	comic story	28	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins; letters: Dave Gibbons
23	Walter J. Kovacs Police File	text story	4	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
24	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
25	Chapter VII	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
26	A Brother to Dragons	comic story	28	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins; letters: Dave Gibbons
27	Blood from the Shoulder of Pallas	text story	4	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
28	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
29	Chapter VIII	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Dave Gibbons
30	Old Ghosts	comic story	28	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins; letters: Dave Gibbons
31	New Frontiersman	text story	4	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
32	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
33	Chapter IX	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
34	The Darkness of Mere Being	comic story	28	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins; letters: Dave Gibbons
35	Sal's Scrapbook	text story	4	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Dave Gibbons
36	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
37	Chapter X	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Dave Gibbons
38	Two Riders Were Approaching...	comic story	28	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins; letters: Dave Gibbons
39	Veidt	text story	4	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
40	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
41	Chapter XI	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
42	Look on My Works, Ye Mighty...	comic story	28	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins; letters: Dave Gibbons
43	After the Masquerade: Superstyle and the Art of Humanoid Watching	text story	4	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
44	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
45	Chapter XII	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
46	A Stronger Loving World	comic story	32	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins; letters: Dave Gibbons
47	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
48	Alan Moore	text article	3	script: Alan Moore
49	The World	text article	4	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: Dave Gibbons
50	Dr. Manhattan	text article	4	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: Dave Gibbons
51	Ozymandias	text article	4	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: Dave Gibbons
52	Nite-Owl	text article	2.67	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: Dave Gibbons
53	Rorschach	text article	2.33	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: Dave Gibbons
54	The Comedian	text article	2	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: Dave Gibbons
55	Silk Spectre	text article	2	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: Dave Gibbons
56	Minutemen	text article	3	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: Dave Gibbons
57	-	comic story	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Dave Gibbons
58	Clocking On	illustration	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
59	Continuity Sample	comic story	1	script: Dave Gibbons; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Dave Gibbons
60	Script Pages and Thumbnails	text story	6	script: Alan Moore
61	Promotional Artwork & Cover Sketches	illustration	2	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: Dave Gibbons; letters: Dave Gibbons
62	Seconds	illustration	3	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: John Higgins
63	Dave Gibbons	text article	2	script: Dave Gibbons

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Tenth Printing	price 125.00 USD; 163.00 CAD; barcode 978140120713759999
2023 Edition	price 150.00 USD; barcode 978177952449259999

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Watchmen #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-1926-0	2009	On eBay ›
Watchmen #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-3896-4	2013	On eBay ›
Watchmen (New Edition) #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-4525-2	2014	On eBay ›
Watchmen (DC Modern Classics Edition) #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-8471-8	2019	On eBay ›
Watchmen: DC Compact Comics Edition #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-732-5	2024	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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